Raiders Deny OFA, Heuvelton wins

OFA definitely had its moments in Tuesday nights home girls lacrosse game against the Northern Conference leader in 7-1 Massena.

The Lady Devils (3-6 NAC) scored the first two goals of the game and staged a spirited rally after falling behind 12-5 to close the difference to 12-8 but were unable to make further inroads.

While OFA was denied at home, Heuvelton posted its second win of the season in a 14-9 decision at Salmon River.

Sparked by four goals from Syracuse-bound Erin Francis and Shannon Casey and three scores from Dominque Valancius, the Raiders prevailed by breaking away from a 6-5 halftime lead with the first five goals of the second half.

We just had that spell when we couldnt score but then we got it back together. And we had some nice chances to make it even closer, said OFA Coach Lauren Morley.

We definitely played well and MacKenzie Bresett had a lot of strong runs. We won 11 draws to their 10 and we managed to slow them down. Massena has outstanding speed and our defense, led by Courtney Sherwin, did a nice job against their transition.

Nikki Holmes did a good job marking Erin Francis and Julia Mullin had her best game of the season. She won some draws for us, made some interceptions and forced some turnovers, said Morley.

Erica Chase stopped 11 shots for the Devils who visit Northwood Prep on Friday and Felicity Love fielded nine shots for the Raiders.

SOVIE SCORES 7 FOR HCS

FORT COVINGTON - Jackie Sovie powered the Bulldogs with seven goals and Olivia St. Pierre, Kaitlyn Lashomb, and Ashlyn Piercey each posted two goals in Heuveltons 14-9 win at Salmon River. Kylie Piercey added a goal and Heather Thompson made seven saves including three after the Bulldogs took 7-4 halftime lead.

Jackie (Sovie) continued her scoring explosion and it was nice to see Kaitlyn (Lashomb) score her first two goals of the season, said HCS Coach Becky Kelley.